The Laurel, Grand Seiko, and Quartz Astron were officially designated by the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers as national mechanical engineering heritages in 2014. Learn about the technological significance passed down with these three watches.

Quartz Astron was received the IEEE Milestone Award as a significant social contribution and achievement with global influence. Learn here about the technology and significance of this award-winning watch.

This is the story of the development of the first-generation model of the Professional Diver‘s 600m watch.The development style of it became the starting point for the creation of many full-fledged Seiko sports watches that would follow later.